By Sarah Turner
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares edged higher on Tuesday, with the mining and pharmaceutical sectors fronting the advance. Companies reporting earnings received a mixed reaction, with Deutsche Bank (DE:DBK 52.08, +0.88, +1.72%) down 6.6%, Ahold (NL:AH 8.39, -0.01, -0.06%) down 4.3%. BBVA (ES:BBVA 10.25, +0.21, +2.04%) up more than 2%, and BP (UK:BP. 519.00, 0.00, 0.00%) up 0.6% after updating investors. The U.K. FTSE 100 index rose 0.4% to 4,604.60, the German DAX index advanced 0.3% to 5,267.41 and the French CAC-40 index up 0.3% at 3,383.16. |
